cocles
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Cocles, Coclitis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
one-eyed person; Horatius (who kept Etruscans from Subician bridge);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...adhuc dolebas, Fabricium non posse corrumpi. ' (7) Horatius Cocles solus impleuit pontis angustias adimique a tergo sibi reditum..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...similem similemque minanti aspiceres, pontem auderet quia vellere Cocles et fluvium vinclis innaret Cloelia ruptis. in summo custos..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...paene hostibus dedit, ni unus vir fuisset, Horatius Cocles; id munimentum illo die fortuna urbis Romanae habuit..."